I really enjoyed where this movie went. It started out seeming like your average film about a haunting. Family gets spooked by ghastly encounters and they hire someone to take care of their problem. At this point, the movie starts to be kind of funny - and not just because of Mark Proksch. You actually encounter two medium-types and they are very different in their approach to the problem in goofy ways.
Once the main characters settles on Mark's character, Os (the "medium"), things become horrific and not in a haunted house kind of way. There are lot of red flags with Os hanging out in the house as he really opens up about himself. This movie reminds me a lot of Creep in that the horror is in the psychology of this character who is initially too weird, then too close, and then too uncomfortable to bear.
The ending has a very serious explosion of intensity that is worth it. The conclusion is untidy and feels rushed but leaves enough for you to chew on and discuss with friends after. I will say the ghosts aren't what they seem. And neither is the evil.
I highly recommend this movie to fans of Creep.
Plot summary
After encountering a ghost in his family's vacation home, Dan and his wife Mary hire an "industrial-grade exorcist" named Os to get rid of the beings.
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July 01, 2017 at 10:43 PM
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A showcase for the comedic genius of Mark Proksch
This low-budget affair might as well exist solely for the eternally underrated comic genius Mark Proksch to do his thing. That the rest of the film is surprisingly enjoyable is just icing on the cake. Steve Zissis is the perfect straight man, and the always good Dan Bakkedahl and Steve Little are enjoyable in their brief roles as well. But the goods here is Proksch, in the instantly funny premise of a broken ghost hunter whose wife has just left him because he couldn't stop adopting cats. As far as debut features go, this one from writer-director Carson Mell is a real winner.